Redtail Rise IX

a fire, she explains as he touches his nose to scorched earth, bringing to mind what Ashlar had told her, when they'd first discovered this place. hh— dheh'royed every'hing. burn'dh ih' all.

how it must have looked, then!

and would it happen again?

Avicus hasn't ever been partial to one land or another, but this surely was the territory closest to her heart. moving here and there had never bothered her, but having to leave the Rise would be a blow akin to something physical.

she lifts her muzzle, scenting, as if testing the air for tendrils of smoke.